Dress codes. 700 years of fashion history in detail
19.99 €
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Dress codes. 700 years of fashion history in detail
19.99 €
“Three seconds are enough to make a first impression, and just one look at a person is enough to understand their origins,” says the author of the book, fashion historian and cultural scientist Richard Thompson Ford.
In this book, you will find answers to many questions: why, at different periods in history, did clothing become so important that its status was regulated by treaties, rules, and even strict court decisions? What happened when these rules conflicted with new social norms that proclaimed personal freedoms? When are dress codes useful, and when do they become too strict and violate human rights? What makes high heels frivolous and sexy, and flat shoes practical but boring? Which strategy should you choose - follow the established rules of dress codes or break them for the sake of freedom of expression? Let's try to understand this fascinating, beautiful, slightly mysterious and confusing world of fashion together.
The book will be of interest to a wide range of readers interested in the history of fashion, sociology and cultural studies. The book contains many colorful, rare historical illustrations.
In this book, you will find answers to many questions: why, at different periods in history, did clothing become so important that its status was regulated by treaties, rules, and even strict court decisions? What happened when these rules conflicted with new social norms that proclaimed personal freedoms? When are dress codes useful, and when do they become too strict and violate human rights? What makes high heels frivolous and sexy, and flat shoes practical but boring? Which strategy should you choose - follow the established rules of dress codes or break them for the sake of freedom of expression? Let's try to understand this fascinating, beautiful, slightly mysterious and confusing world of fashion together.
The book will be of interest to a wide range of readers interested in the history of fashion, sociology and cultural studies. The book contains many colorful, rare historical illustrations.
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